Posted by Swishfm3:

you're joking right?

dead serious. you seen his game? he's better than KT at center... who are the centers out there?

Elden Campbell?

Eddy Curry?

Jamaal Magloore?

Dekembe Mutombo?

Curtis B?

Ostertag?

Collins twins?

Derrick Coleman?

Vlade?

Bradley?

Felton Spencer?

Travis Knight?

Brad Miller?

Loren Woods?

Seriously. Top 10, not #1, 2, 3 or even 7. He'd be like the 9th best, in my opinion.

Posted by knicksbabyyeah:

Have you even seen the guy play?

What he has is an unbelievable frame

what he lacks is technique, footspeed, athleticism, knowledge of the game

He got manhandled by Curtis Borchardt for pete's sake.

If healthy, he's a big body you can throw in for some fouls and perhaps in the future he'd be a decent starter IF HEALTHY

but no way no how does he EVER crack the top 10 centers in the NBA.

He started playing at his last year in HS, just because he had the built for it and possibly could get a scholarship which he got.

I mean, Felton Spencer would whoop his @$$!!!

chris marcus played in that game coming off major injury.

he has really nice game, period. just a tad slow, and hopefully some drills would get him in gear.

I wouldn't have a problem picking him with the 2nd 2nd pick. But the comment "a league filled with pf's playing out of position at center" should tell you something. Every year, there are plenty of 7-foot guys getting drafted, but they are either KG/Dirk wannabes who like to play SF/PF, shoot jumpers and not get banged up (they're not centers) or guys who just cannot keep up with he amazing speed of NBA players.

The PFs are playing out of position because they are better centers than the people drafted to play center. That's why I'm wary of picking guys who are 'really good' college/Euroleague centers. Big Country was a monster center in college, but a slow-moving goofus in the NBA.

Guys like Shaq, Wilt, Kareem, Ewing, Dream, Admiral - they were tracked from very young ages and expected to be superstar players years before they were drafted. If Yao had grown up here, he would have been tracked the same way. It's possible one of the European guys will be an All-Star one day, but that's a crapshoot, as Briggs pointed out elsewhere. The ones who have been heavily scouted have lots of weaknesses, notably with footwork.

The 2nd round picks are gravy picks. I think we should get an athlete with our 9 (unless traded of course) and get taller/stronger through trades.

Posted by Swishfm3:

oh..Second round is cool. I was a little interested in him last year when he was making noise..but after watching one of his games he didn't impress me...
I would draft him if Lang wasn't available...

I'd like to see Lang with the first pick, MAYBE marcus with the second. Honestly, there will be some nice shoot first PGs available - Bell, Hatten, etc, but i don't know if there is space on the team for them right now, unfortunately, with Williams and Milos in the fold for the PG spot in a year or two.

Posted by john44:

I'm all for drafting Marcus in the second round and theres almost a 100% chance he'll be there in the begining of the second round. He would give us hieght and strength. I would love to have him come off the bench and give us some size and a post threat. Also if he played next to thomas or dice it would make them better because they could play PF besides center. With the other second round pick they should try to get some kind of athletic SF who can run the court.

The truth is we shouldn't draft any PGs, SGs, or SFs, as they just won't get any time. If Charlie V. or Outlaw are available, we should look at them with our second second rounder. If these guys are on the board, we grab them, over Chris Marcus. But if they aren't, i say we shouldn't pick up more SFs who just wont get any time. lee Nailon is a 6-9 SF who can score well, and couldn't get time at SF over Spree and Shandon Anderson, why would a draft pick at the PG/SG/SF spots get any time here, or even develop well, period. Frank Williams has shown nothing, and gotten no experience for this year. Postell has shown no progress in the what, 3 years he's been a knick? Lee Nailon has not gotten on the court either.

Just food for thought:



"Caseloads http://www.nbadraft.net/profiles/chrismarcus.htm

This guy is just amazing."

I decided to see why he was so amazing.

"NBA Comparison: Bryant Reeves"